Only if your release contains bad language, sax, or violins 🎷

The Parental Advisory sticker is to be used as a warning label. It’s placed on audio to highlight that there may be material unsuitable for children under the age of 16. So if there’s any bad language in a song or anything that may be considered explicit in your artwork or metadata, this label – as shown below – can sometimes be found on the artwork for the album or single. For more on when to mark your release as explicit, click here. And for when to mark your track as explicit, click here.

If your release is explicit, then you are able to use the Parental Advisory sticker in your artwork for your release. Please remember to set your Explicit Content field as Explicit:

For further help on how to label your release as explicit/clean/not explicit, click here.

If your release is cleaned or not explicit, then you won’t be able to use the Parental Advisory sticker in your release artwork.

For when to mark your release as cleaned click here, for when to mark your track as cleaned, click here.

If you have any further queries, feel free to get in touch with us!

See also:
If one track is explicit, is my whole album explicit?
How can I make changes to my release?
Should I censor words in my release metadata?